Water-bag retainer.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISE R. NORWOOD, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WATER-BAG- RETAINER.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELIsE R. NoRwooD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city and count-y of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water- BagRetainers, of which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to provide a hot lwater bag or an icebag with means for retaining it in any desired position on differentparts of the body in treating a patient by means of such an appliance.

The invention is designed more especially for use in connection orcombination with a rubber bag or bottle, such as 'is used in thesick-room or hospital at the present time to make hot or coldapplications to different parts or surfaces on the body or its membersto relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and for other purposes.

To these ends and objects chieliy the invention comprises a water or icebag or receptacle provided with fastening devices and a detachableretaining device in the form of a bandage having means for attaching toit the bag in such manner that the bandage or retaining device will holdand confine the bag in position on or over the part or locality to whichthe application of heat or cold is to be made.

The retaining device of my invention consists of the parts andcombination of parts as hereinafter described and pointed out in t-heclaims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated in perspective a rubber bagof well known kind or description with the retaining device of myinvention attached ready for use.

A indicates a rubber water bag of the kind or description now in commonuse; B is the retaining device; and d are fastenings provided on the bagand the part B, by means of which the bag and that part are fastenedtogether.

In one form or construction the retaining device B is composed of astrip of cloth or other fabric-preferably of inelasticqualitysufticiently soft and pliable to be comfortable when securedaround the body or a limb of the atient.

A strip of single or double thickness and of sufcient width to cover thebody of the bag A is stiffened by ribs of whalebone or other substanceor material f inserted Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led .Tune 22, 1909.

Patenteaapr. so, 1912.

SeriaLNo. 503,767.

in pockets g to prevent the device from curling at the edges; as it isdesirable that it should retain a smooth unwrinkled state.

Usually the strip is made about double the width of the bag A, so thatwhen folded Ilover it will wrap or cover both sides of the By means ofsnaps Z attached to the edges of the bag at the top and bottom, andstuds secured at suitable points on the strip B to engage the snaps (Z,the bag is attached to the bandage and is held in place on it.

Fastenings of some kind, such as buttons and button-holes z-, areprovided at the edges of the covering and retaining strip B for securingt-he flap or that part which is folded over the bag. On one end of thestrip or bandage is a strap D, and on the opposite end a buckle E fordrawing the device to place and securing it in position.

This device constitutes a convenient and useful means for retaining arubber bag in position on any part of the body especially underconditions where the position of the patient renders it difficult tomaintain the bag on the spot where it is desired to make the applicationof heat or cold, or where from the restlessness of the patient the bagcannot ordinarily be confined in place.

The means employed for securing the water bag cover in place, such asthe strap D and buckle E, when arranged as shown in the drawings servenot only to maintain the covered water bag in place upon the person butalso may be used to close the ends of the retainer left open when foldedover upon the bag, which is sometimes desirable.

The device will be found particularly useful in retaining a water bag oran ice bag on a child or a person too ill to control or hold the bag onthe part to be treated.

I claim l. In combination with a rubber water bag, a retainer comprisinga strip of textile fabric of proper width, when folded upon itself toinclose the bag, and provided with fastening devices for detachablyfastening the folded over portion along the edges so as to cover thebag, a strap on one end of the said strip and a fastening device on theopposite end adapted to secure the folded strip in position on the partto be treated, and fastening devices on the inner side of the strip andthe edge of the water bag for detachably securing the bag in place.

2. The combination with a water bag, of

a retainer therefor comprising a strip of fabric of proper width, Whenfolded upon itself to inelose t-lie bag, and provided at its edges withfastening devices for detaeliably securing tlie folded over portion ofthe redevice being arranged to secure tlie retainer its open ends overthe Water bag.

ELSE R. NORWOOD.

tainer so as to cover the bag, and a strap Witnesses: and a fasteningdevice applied to the ends E. E. OSBORN, of the retainer, the said strapand fastening M. REGNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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